WCF3030
09-17-2007, 10:43 AM
After mulling over the advice I was given from my other thread, "mold and casting confusion" I sat back down with the remaining bullets I casted from the Lyman 331041 die and sorted them out.
What I noticed is a what may have happened. I found 7-8 bullets that looked like the mold was too cold then a good 45-50 that looked good, then another 15 that where frosted or had a fin and were oblong. Which made me take a close look at the mold and I saw some build up on the inside.
Once I sorted through I then loaded up 10 rounds of the Lyman 173gr useing my small game load of 9.5gr of Unique (lee 1cc dipper) that I load with a Oregon trail 165gr pb and went to the "dump" and shot this group with the 30-30 off the top of the car at 60 paces.
The 3 shots outside the bull are scope adjustments, a little 2.5x BSA pistol scope.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/Trails650/100_0339.jpg
The rifle.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/Trails650/100_0152.jpg
What I noticed is a what may have happened. I found 7-8 bullets that looked like the mold was too cold then a good 45-50 that looked good, then another 15 that where frosted or had a fin and were oblong. Which made me take a close look at the mold and I saw some build up on the inside.
Once I sorted through I then loaded up 10 rounds of the Lyman 173gr useing my small game load of 9.5gr of Unique (lee 1cc dipper) that I load with a Oregon trail 165gr pb and went to the "dump" and shot this group with the 30-30 off the top of the car at 60 paces.
The 3 shots outside the bull are scope adjustments, a little 2.5x BSA pistol scope.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/Trails650/100_0339.jpg
The rifle.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/Trails650/100_0152.jpg